Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China

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Panic has erupted at an HIV clinic in Nairobi after the US threw development aid into a 'wood chipper.' It's a disaster for the world's poor, but a gift to China.

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Trump’s assault on aid costs lives and ‘opens the door to China’

The US president’s attack on foreign aid has already led to deaths and is an invitation to Beijing to win hearts and minds in the Pacific and across our region.

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Gutting aid, U.S. cedes soft power game to China

When President Donald Trump froze nearly all U.S. foreign aid, Cambodia was forced to suspend workers removing dangerous mines from the country -- until China stepped in with the necessary funding. In the Cook Islands, traditionally bound to New Zealand and friendly with the United States, the prime minister has…

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Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China

WASHINGTON - When President Donald Trump froze nearly all US foreign aid, Cambodia was forced to suspend workers removing dangerous mines from the country -- until China stepped in with the necessary funding.

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Why is USAID important to the US? When ‘Trump’ puts the importance of ‘soft power’ on the line See Think Fri, 2025-02-14 - 15:00 Cover photo: Field doctors at a field hospital on the Thai-Burma border, taken on March 25, 2023. The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, is the most important ‘soft power’ tool of the United States. Experts view USAID as a provider of essential humanitarian assistance around the world. What t…

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Joanne Lin quoted by Al Jazeera: “Trump’s assault on USAID leaves China soft power opening in Southeast Asia”

This article was published on 13 February 2025. Joanne Lin is Senior Fellow and Co-coordinator, ASEAN Studies Centre with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. To read the article, visit The post Joanne Lin quoted by Al Jazeera: “Trump’s assault on USAID leaves China soft power opening in Southeast Asia” appeared first on ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.